HP Management Integration Framework Administrator Guide (T5494-96539, October 2012)

Creating a Management Group
You cannot use the wizards to create an empty Management Group or to directly create a
Management Group. Instead, you must use the Move Machine wizard and choose a machine to
be the initial member of the new group. The following considerations are important when planning
new groups.
Considerations
• Only the Move Machine wizard can be used to create a Management Group.
• The machine that you choose to be the initial member of the new Management Group will no
longer be a member of the existing Management Group.
• If the machine that you choose is the only member of the existing Management Group, then
the wizard will delete the existing group.
1. Determine the target machine to use as the initial member of your new Management Group.
2. Browse to security interface on any member machine in the target machine's Management
Group.
3. Select the target machine. Management Integration Framework software will determine if the
machine's membership can be changed. If yes, the Move Machine button is enabled.
4. Click Move Machine. The Move Machine wizard opens.
5. Click Next.
6. On the Select Destination Management Group page, select New Management Group, enter
the name for the new group, then click Next.
7. Follow the instructions in the wizard pages, then click Finish to create the new group.
Deleting a Management Group
You cannot use the wizards to directly delete a Management Group. Instead, you use the Move
Machine or Import Machines wizards to delete a group by removing all member machines from
the group. A brief comparison of the wizards follows.
Import MachinesMove Machine
Removes one or more machines
from one or more Management
Removes a single machine from
one Management Group and
Summary
Groups, then adds the machines
to another Management Group.
adds the machine to another
Management Group.
Considerations
• All machines that are members of the Management Group to be deleted must become members
of another Management Group.
• The Move Machine wizard allows you to move a machine to a new Management Group; the
Import Machines wizard does not create new Management Groups.
Procedure for Move Machine
1. Determine the Management Group to be deleted.
2. Browse to the security interface on any member machine in the Management Group to be
deleted.
3. For each machine in the Management Group.
a. Select the machine. Management Integration Framework software will determine if the
machine's membership can be changed. If yes, the Move Machine button is enabled.
b. Click Move Machine. The Move Machine wizard opens.
c. On the Select Destination Management Group page, select the method (existing or new
group) for adding the machine to another group, then click Next.
4. Follow the instructions in the wizard pages, then click Finish to delete the existing group.
34 Using the security interface